Open trap at Hamilton R&G Sturbridge, MA

[maclamb]

Anyone in central MA is looking to shoot trap in the warmer weather (though they shoot in winter), the Hamilton R&G in Sturbridge has trap shoots for members & non-members alike for $3.25 per round (bring ammo), lead shot OK, every Sunday morning from 9:30-12Noon and every other Friday 6:30PM. Many shooters show up, friendly & good spirited crowd (unlike some other clubs I have visited) and well run. They sell discount cards for 12 & 26 matches which will save you .25 per round which adds up if you shoot often. Location is off RT 20, New Boston Road, then Hamilton Road in Sturbridge.

 

[Zappa]

Anyone in central MA is looking to shoot trap in the warmer weather (though they shoot in winter), the Hamilton R&G in Sturbridge has trap shoots for members & non-members alike for $3.25 per round (bring ammo), lead shot OK, every Sunday morning from 9:30-12Noon and every other Friday 6:30PM. Many shooters show up, friendly & good spirited crowd (unlike some other clubs I have visited) and well run. They sell discount cards for 12 & 26 matches which will save you .25 per round which adds up if you shoot often. Location is off RT 20, New Boston Road, then Hamilton Road in Sturbridge.

Nice to know that lead shot is still OK to shoot somewhere, but Sturbridge is a long ride for me.
I stopped shooting skeet & trap regularly a long time ago when my club banned lead shot.
I shot a few dozen times as a guest at Southboro, up until two years ago when they too banned lead shot.
I've been rolling-my-own since the mid 80's, and I'm sitting on a stockpile of 1oz. #8-1/2 skeet loads that I'd love to run down the barrels of my fixed-choke Citori.
Do they have a skeet range too or is it just trap ???

 

[wahsben]

Nice to know that lead shot is still OK to shoot somewhere, but Sturbridge is a long ride for me.
I stopped shooting skeet & trap regularly a long time ago when my club banned lead shot.
I shot a few dozen times as a guest at Southboro, up until two years ago when they too banned lead shot.
I've been rolling-my-own since the mid 80's, and I'm sitting on a stockpile of 1oz. #8-1/2 skeet loads that I'd love to run down the barrels of my fixed-choke Citori.
Do they have a skeet range too or is it just trap ???

No skeet at Hamilton to the best of my knowledge.

 

[beangado]

The Hamilton Rod and Gun rate is $3.50 pre round. Members can buy a discounted trap pre-paid trap card. It is a great club, but they only have trap, no Skeet. Most clubs in Massachusetts that have trap or skeet are open to the public at least 1 day a week for trap or skeet.

 

[maclamb]

I too have a Citori skeet barreled shotgun but skeet is the only range they don't have but are the process of engineering design for it and funding comes from a huge amount of gravel on club property that a lot of central MA construction firms are now coming in and pay $$ for each truckload. Last Friday while at the pistol range, I saw about 20 truck runs into the pit in the 3 1/2 hgours I was there. (Hamilton Rod & Gun, Sturbridge, MA)

However, if I lived in eastern MA, yes it's a long ride...but my retiring here from eastern MA, I find there are plenty of gun clubs and pro gun people west of Worcester. Best move I could have made....plus retiring at 55

But I can only hope this won't be a project that will take us into the 22nd century as the new pistol range at the Worcester club has...they had to forfiet their whole bullseye season so I hope they finish it soon.

Frank

 

[maclamb]

I know of very few clubs that are offering skeet nowadays...I check out the GOAL match scedules when the paper was printed as a GOAL paper and noticed many clubs offering trap but no skeet...much to my dismay. Nearest I know is the Riverside R&G in Hudson, MA but that was ten years ago before I moved out west.

Frank

 

[tbk5]

Wallum has skeet. http://www.wallumlakerodgun.com/index.php/facilities/skeet